Monthly Archives: September 2010

>The death of pluralism

Posted on 30 September, 2010 by jb

>Grammatically speaking that is. Rodney Hide, leader of ACT, a New Zealand political party and junior coalition partner in the Government. In one breath, he said:“That’s our parliamentary rules”“There’s a lot of people say that” Not that many people noticed…. … Continue reading →

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>This will take a while…

Posted on 29 September, 2010 by jb

>Sitting in Auckland airport, trying to make sense of the PA announcements. Appears that a flight’s been cancelled and passengers are requested “to proceed to the Chicken Hulp Disc” Thought it was the avian equivalent of a buggered vertebrae until … Continue reading →

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>I don’t know about you…..

Posted on 25 September, 2010 by jb

> …but this looks staged to me…..

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>Glad it wasn’t me

Posted on 19 September, 2010 by jb

> I have a feeling that this is somehow going to turn out to be my fault. Famous potter Petra Bittl gifted Mrs jb “something to go with the piece you bought last year” for her birthday. “Much too extravagant” … Continue reading →

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>Roland

Posted on 11 September, 2010 by jb

> My Saab 9.3 is 11 years old, has going on for a quarter of million kilometres on the clock and is worth sod all and threepence. It looks like new. Inside and out. All our cars look new. Always … Continue reading →

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>Brain dead

Posted on 11 September, 2010 by jb

> At the market. 3 items @ €0.90 and 1 @ €1.35 In my head: €4.05.Callow yoof needs a calculator and 2 attempts to come up with something different. Bloody hell…. Posted using BlogPress

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>A gaggle of geese, a nest of rabbits… #10

Posted on 9 September, 2010 by jb

> ..a shitload of postcards Classic Lowry

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>I didn’t even know you liked beer

Posted on 9 September, 2010 by jb

> Almost as good as Sir Michael Spears

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>"No-one has yet drowned"

Posted on 7 September, 2010 by jb

> The response of the Nelson City Council’s parks operations co-ordinator to a request from a parent for childproof fencing around a municipal pond in the city. A month later, a 21 month old drowns. The story here in the … Continue reading →

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>She’s back!

Posted on 6 September, 2010 by jb

>Fish and Chips is back from vacation, it appears. Good thing too – I’ve been missing stuff like this… mRNA-seq with agnostic splice site discovery for nervous system transcriptomics tested in chronic pain

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